Alberta Seniors
Deserve Better.

 

Decades of underfunding in seniors' care have spelled disaster over the last two years of the pandemic for Alberta seniors. We're done waiting. We've had enough of this callous disregard for seniors in our province. We need solutions now.

 

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PRIORITIES FOR ALBERTA SENIORS

 

Every dollar that goes into profit is one that’s taken away from quality care for seniors.

We need to get profits out of seniors care.

 

Seniors deserve a comprehensive continuing care system. When we or our loved ones need care,
we’re often faced with a confusing labyrinth of referrals and departments.

We need to build a system that is easy to access and navigate.

 

Employees at seniors facilities are stretched thin. Understaffing means burnout for the staff,
and decreases in quality care and attention for us and our loved ones.

Working conditions are care conditions. We need legislated staff-to-patient ratios to ensure quality care.

 

The Alberta continuing care system offloads the cost of essential items onto seniors and their families.

We need a system that cares for everyone, based on need, and not ability to pay.

 

News

EDMONTON — Public Interest Alberta and Friends of Medicare are raising the alarm following Premier Smith’s private remarks today at the Alberta Continuing Care Association’s Annual Conference. The Premier championed the explicit privatization and “uberization” of continuing care, signalling further restructuring and for-profit care in the immediate future.


EDMONTON — Beginning today on the International Day of the Older Persons and continuing all week, Public Interest Alberta and Friends of Medicare are releasing harrowing stories and videos from seniors and Albertans who are experiencing the current crisis in seniors care. They are standing with seniors to send letters to the provincial government calling for minimum staffing hours so that Albertans receive the care they deserve.


Seniors, health care advocacy groups concerned about continuing care changes this fall


EDMONTON – The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) Women’s Committee launches an awareness and letter  campaign Strike a Change for Alberta Seniors, as Alberta’s Health Minister continues to roll out changes to Continuing Care.